:focus State

This week Ryan is joined by Nathan Drake (@MelonHawk on Twitch) to talk all about E3 2019. We run through all the shows, including Google Stadia and their price point and discuss how Stadia will not really shine until 2020, although Ryan immediately pre-ordered. We talk EA Play, Microsoft and their Project Scarlett, what next get really means, Keanu Reeves and Cyberpunk 2077, Blair Witch Project and Ryan’s love for Flight Simulator, as well as Bethesda and their Orion platform. We talk the small indies from Kinda Funny, Limited Run, as well as Devolved, and the PC and VR Gaming shows. Then we dive into Ubisoft, Watch Dogs: Legion and the uPlay+ service, Square Enix, who finally announce a release date for what will now be a huge Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Then Nintendo and Animal Crossing, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and more. We take a look back 10 years ago at E3 2009, talk out most anticipated games and our biggest takeaways from this current generation of gaming, what the next will hold and if a few of these co

This episode, Ryan and Mark talk all about Apples WWDC 2019 keynote, run down why WatchOS still doesn't feel all the way there. Ryan's excitement for the new privacy features like 'only once' location sharing, Sign in with Apple, and Unknown calls to voicemail while Mark is excited for Homekit and iPad. We talk the new bigger, cheese grat-ier Mac Pro, theories on the insane $999 Pro Display Stand and more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

In this episode, we talk our experience eating Impossible burgers. Mark's commitment to eliminating meat and the future of bio-created and plant based meat. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

Privacy in Tech, GDPR, and consumer data rights --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

The Challenge is finally over and was a success! We break down the biggest takeaways, some stats and numbers, and talk what it means to focus in on a big challenge. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

Ryan just may pick up the Pixel 3a. We talk the state of Googles products, where Apple's upcoming services is juxtaposed to Microsoft's Enterprise play and how the future of tech software doesn't always look like it's feature rich, but the experience becomes better and better. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

We're getting past the 2/3 point of the 50 Books in 30 Challenges and discuss the big takeaways and the inspiration that's been coming from taking this challenge. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

In this episode, we say RIP to Google Inbox and talk about the many apps and services that tech companies kill off. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

In this episode of :focus state, we talk Electric Vehicles, the if all cars should be required to be electric off the line in the next few years, are fully autonomous Uber fleets up and coming and more.  http://focusstate.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

In this Episode we are breaking down the Apple event, going through Apple's new gaming membership and the rest of their news, video and TV products.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

This episode I'm at 21 books in 13 days, but work life gets busy. We talk the challenges and what the second half of this challenge looks like. We also talk the platforms I'm reading on, mostly the Kindle app on iPad and talking Mark's new e-ink reader tablet. The first 25 books being read: Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek How to Be Interesting (in 10 Simple steps) by Jessica Hagy Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely Smarter Faster Better: The transformative power of real productivity -- 5 Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Amy Wallace and Edwin Catmull Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on L

Mark is prepping to go fully solar at his house. We talk the rational, how many panels, the costs and challenges in doing so and what the practicality of going mostly solar is for his future. http://focusstate.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

We deep dive into the books Ryan's read over the first part of his Challenge. The first five books are: Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek How to Be Interesting: (In 10 Simple Steps) by Jessica Hagy Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg http://focusstate.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

This is the start of a 30 day challenge that Ryan is attempting: to read 50 self-help and productivity books in 30 days. In this Bonus episode (really the part of the last challenge that ran way long) we discuss why this is important, what Ryan's goal through all of this really is and how :focus state can play an important part during the challenge and after. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

Ryan watches Star Trek: TNG (and a new Episode of Discovery) as Mark watches Twin Peaks. Our thoughts on how those shows hold up and what has changed in the last 20 to 30 years. Twin Peaks Episodes: "Pilot", "Traces to Nowhere", "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" Star Trek Episodes: The Next Generation -- s2e9 "The Measure of a Man", s5e17 "The Outcast", s6e15 "Tapestry", Discovery : s2e2 "New Eden". --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

What viable alternatives are there to Creative Cloud. Is the Subscription model something more people will draw away from? Apps like Sketch replaced a lot of Web mocks done on Adobe Illustrator, but not much else has come since. Our next Challenge is for each of us to visit and watch parts of the other's favorite classic shows, Star Trek TNG and Twin Peaks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

Topic: Read a Newspaper “The failing” New York Times What are these newspapers that end up in my front lawn? Online newspapers? ($2/week but charge $8?) What newspapers did we choose? Where do you find a newspaper? Have you ever bought one before? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

 This episode, our Things I Got Wrong co-host, Stu Hopkins joins us to walk through the entire process of Etherium mining. The ups, downs and struggles of trying to scale a venture like this. The challenges and insights into the business that sprouted during the high times of the crypto bull run and the collapse.  We discuss what place crypto and the block chain even have in our society beyond a speculative gamble and what it was like to ride the waves of the craziness that came from the crypto scene. What is Crypto and the blockchain? Blockchain uses outside currency Speculations Mining and power consumption What is money? Chase Crypto https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/investing/jpmorgan-bitcoin-crypto-jamie-dimon/index.html https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-jpmorgan-coin-misses-the-point-of-crypto Ethereum v Bitcoin Monero?’ Ripple --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

This episode our co-host on Things I Got Wrong, Rachel Miller, joins to talk Bullet Journaling, how it helps her keep track a busy life and how both Ryan and Mark derive their to-do and task keeping methods.  Origin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE254U0PNcA How-to https://youtu.be/fm15cmYU0IM Official site https://bulletjournal.com/ Medium https://medium.com/@melodywilding/bullet-journaling-for-beginners-and-impatient-unartistic-people-like-me-6efd7ee97f0e --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusstate/support

What was the last retail store you went to (not target/Walmart) and why? Angela Ahrendts leaves apple https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212657/apple-retail-chief-angela-ahrendts-leaving-replacement Sears liquidates? https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sears-bankruptcy-small-stores-appliances-20190214-story.html Ron Johnson and JCP  https://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2013/04/09/ron-johnson-ousted-as-jcpenney-ceo Amazon Go https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherwalton/2019/02/15/amazon-go-haters-please-stop-burying-your-heads-in-the-sand-like-ostriches/#4d93c03e11fd Best Buy Earnings https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/best-buy-earnings-q2-2018.html Alexa Shopping / Google Shopping / Instacart https://qz.com/1322124/amazon-is-capitalizing-on-the-demise-of-toys-r-us/ NYC transforms as businesses can’t survive: https://medium.com/futures-protocol/new-york-city-transforms-into-a-retail-wasteland-ea05dece2678 https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-10/new-york-city-transforms-retail-wastelend “”